Palm Beach high school results and schedules

CASSELBERRY — It was another happy day for District 13 at the FHSAA Class 1A State Tennis Finals.

Sweeping all five matches on Wednesday, St. Andrew's rallied from two points behind to capture the boys' team title by a point over Ransom Everglades.

The final point was an overhead put-away by Nicholas Mill that delighted a crowd of St. Andrew's followers, including Mill's mother, tennis legend Chris Evert.

It was the 18th state title for District 13 teams in the past 15 years. They have won 60 percent of the team titles during that span.

"I believe we play in the toughest district in the United States," St. Andrew's coach Scott Williams said.

In girls' team play on Wednesday, St. Andrew's earned a trophy by finishing second.

Two players from American Heritage-Delray, which has captured 15 team titles since 1998, won the individual singles and doubles titles. Rasheeda McAdoo won in singles and teamed with Mia Horvitt to win in doubles. They'll compete for overall titles today.

Heritage-Delray coach Brian Schleifer said McAdoo, the daughter of former NBA star Bob McAdoo, is good enough to be compared with Venus and Serena Williams, who once trained by playing against Heritage-Delray players. "Rasheeda has everything you look for — work ethic, size and athletic ability. The sky is the limit for her," Schleifer said.

A straight-set victory in No. 1 singles by SMU-bound senior Tony Russell keyed St. Andrew's boys' rally on Wednesday. "I knew I had to win or we weren't going to," Russell said.

No. 3 Andrew Dykeman and No. 5 Ross Weinstein also won their singles final matches on Wednesday, opening the door for the Scots if the No. 2 doubles team of Mill and Dykeman could win semifinal and final matches. They won in the semis to set up the dramatic last match against Ransom Everglades. Mill and Dykeman won it 6-3, 5-7, 6-1.

"We got pumped up," Mill said. "We haven't lost a match all year."

After the match, Evert said it felt like the greatest victory of her life, even greater than Wimbledon, "because my son won."

Mill said he could count on his mother "always being there for everything."

Spanish River's Gelb signs

Spanish River guard Coltin Gelb has signed with the University of San Francisco men's basketball team.

A signing ceremony will take place at Spanish River High School on Thursday at 11:20 a.m.

The 6-foot-3 Gelb completed a standout career at Spanish River, where he helped the Sharks reach the Class 8A state semifinals for the school's first appearance in the state tournament.

Gelb said he initially considered six schools during the recruiting process but had whittled it down to two choices — the University of San Francisco and Indiana University — in the past month before making USF his choice.

"During those two visits, I had such a great time at both places that I had to really mull it over," Gelb said. "I really liked the school [San Francisco] as a whole. It's a Jesuit university. They have an amazing coaching staff with Rex Walters, who played under some of the greatest coaches of all-time in Pat Riley and Roy Williams. I was very impressed by him. He's a very fair and honest person. He gives everyone an equal opportunity. I really like that. It's refreshing."

Gelb helped manufacture a remarkable turnaround at Spanish River. After an 8-16 season in 2010-11, the Sharks rolled to a 21-4 record and a 7-1 district record.

Walters posted a turnaround in similiar fashion at USF during the 2010-11 season. After a 4-9 start, the Dons won 11 of their next 15 games and finished with their best league record (10-4 in the West Coast Conference) since 1982.

A Palm Beach County All-Conference first-team selection, Gelb was an ESPN 760 Featured Player of the Week and earned a berth in the Palm Beach County All-Star Team after averaging 11.0 points, connecting at a .420 clip from 3-point range to go along with 4 assists and 3 rebounds per game as a senior.

A standout in the classroom, Gelb posted a 3.7 GPA and is a finalist for the Pathfinder Student-Athlete Award.

As a player, Walters starred at Kansas and played seven seasons in the NBA for the Nets, 76ers and Heat. He also spent two seasons as Florida Atlantic University's coach from 2006-2008. – Peter Holehan